“It’s a long running tradition in our family. My father Damian, he trains the greyhounds with my grandfather, who started it all 40 or 50 years ago”.
In Part 4 of the Behind The Track #OurGreyhoundsOurLives Series, Adam Matthews takes us through a day in the life at Town View Kennels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-n7xsW6BF4
In conjunction with this release, The IGOBF are running a very exciting competition! They are calling on all their young supporters to share what ‘A Day in the Life’ with their greyhounds looks like. See the attached poster for details.
Greyhound Racing Ireland today announced that Matchbook Betting Exchange have renewed their sponsorship of the Irish St. Leger at Limerick Greyhound Stadium for 2022, continuing their support for the Greyhound Racing Industry in Ireland. The Classic race has been one of the centrepieces of the annual Irish greyhound racing calendar since its inception in 1944.
This year the event will run from Saturday 12th November to Saturday 10th December with a first-place prize fund of €30,000.
Dearbhla O’Brien, CEO of the Greyhound Racing Ireland, said: “We are delighted to continue our partnership with Matchbook Betting Exchange, and this year marks the 78th anniversary of the Irish St. Leger. The Classic Final, hosted at Limerick Greyhound Stadium, is an iconic sporting event with a long and illustrious history. We are thrilled to work with an innovative brand such as Matchbook. Despite the global challenges of 2021, the team locally worked hard to ensure The Irish St. Leger was a fantastic event, and we relish the year ahead and what is certain to be another competitive renewal”.
Eric Hegarty, Chief Marketing Officer at Matchbook Betting Exchange, said: “At Matchbook, we are proud to be associated with such a distinguished event with a proud history, and we are delighted to once again partner with Greyhound Racing Ireland as the title sponsor of the St Leger. Last year’s competition was a terrific success, and the opportunity to promote the Matchbook Brand and our Greyhound Betting Markets while continuing to support the Greyhound racing industry in Ireland is one that we are incredibly excited about.
Our Greyhound betting markets continue to be industry-leading, and we now also offer competitive prices on races from Limerick, Tralee, Cork, Mullingar, Youghal and Waterford, which many other operators largely ignore. We urge anyone searching for value on their bets to check out Matchbook.com now”.
Picture shows: Paul Geasley (Sponsorship Manager) & Eric Hegarty (CMO) Matchbook Betting Exchange and James Murray (Racing Manager), Limerick Greyhound Stadium.
This follows on from a near 50 per cent increase to a minimum of 19 live Irish broadcasts was announced last month, the first of which saw Skywalker Barry’s RCETS Gold Cup victory shown at the start of February. Read more about this great news on Talking Dogs on https://bit.ly/3uVxbe8.
“When the dogs come in, we weigh them in, we check their cards, we use a scanner to check their microchip and we check the tattoos in their ears”.
In Part 3 of #OurGreyhoundsOurLives, Behind The Track Series 2, we visit Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium, where we see all the behind the scenes action and preparation that goes into the running of a race meeting.
We are delighted to present the first episode of our second series of #BehindTheTrack.
Meet the fittest canines in the world (greyhounds), in training with Ireland’s Fittest Family 2021, the Mahoneys from Wexford. This family loves their greyhounds.
This channel aims to promote awareness of the great lives racing greyhounds have in Ireland
In part 2 of our #Behind the tracks Series 2, we head to the kingdom Greyhound Stadium where we get an insight into how fundraising and the venue has benefited local charities and organisations.
The Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation represents greyhound owners and breeders who are the target of an animal rights campaign of social exclusion.
